In Barretos (SP), governor visits the largest free oncology treatment center in Latin America
On this occasion, the head of the State Executive checked opportunities to apply the experience, already present in other states of the country, also in Pará
The governor of the State, Helder Barbalho, visited on Tuesday (29) the Hospital de Amor, the largest free oncology treatment center in Latin America, located in Barretos (SP). On this occasion, the head of the State Executive checked opportunities to apply the experience, already present in other states of the country, also in Pará.
The governor visited the IRCAD Latin America, the largest training center in minimally invasive surgery on the continent, and the Hospital de Amor Infantojuvenil, a reference center for oncology treatment in Latin America.
The governor commented on the purpose of the visit and what the society of Pará can expect. "First, this is a great example of public health throughout Brazil, the result of resources from the SUS (Unified Health System), from private donations, and here we have the most modern and welcoming facilities to care for people, and our intention, by coming here, is, first, to get to know and second to invite, so that the experience applied here can also be at the service of Pará, so that we can, presenting our health network, visualize in the Pará territory the opportunity to live this experience and, above all, offer quality in public health services to the people of Pará," said Helder Barbalho.
Henrique Prata, president of the Hospital de Amor, said that the visit was very productive and expressed his happiness and expectations for a partnership for the hospital's presence in Pará.
"I want to show the joy that I have and the joy for the people of Pará and the people of southern Pará who are very supportive of the Hospital de Amor, who understand the help. The governor's visit here is a hope for us to build a project together, being able to treat the people of Pará, within Pará, and I think he left here with this impression, that this partnership can exist and that we can together build a project that will provide opportunities for prevention, early diagnosis of quality, equal to any private service from anywhere in the world. I think the gain was very great today for all of us and, especially, for the people of Pará," said Prata.
Hospital de Amor - Founded in 1962 as Hospital São Judas Tadeu, it began its transformation in 1967 with the creation of the Pio XII Foundation, which began to manage the hospital, redirecting its focus exclusively to cancer treatment. Its mission, according to the administration, is "to offer humanized and excellent medical care for oncology patients of the Unified Health System."
Currently, it has more than 200,000 square meters of advanced infrastructure dedicated to oncology treatment. The complex includes specialized units in radiotherapy, chemotherapy, pediatric bone marrow transplant, as well as accommodations and support houses for patients and their families. The hospital has more than 5,300 employees and is present in 19 states of the country, with prevention units, and in 5 states with treatment units.
The Hospital de Amor also has a cancer prevention program, through which procedures such as mammograms, Pap smears, and others are performed. According to the Scimago Institutions Rankings, the institution is a leader in health research in Latin America, with one of the largest tumor banks in the region and molecular oncology research centers.
In 2024, the hospital performed more than 2 million services, including consultations, procedures, and exams, more than 250,000 chemotherapy treatments, completely free of charge, for SUS patients, and served 2,540 municipalities, that is, 45.6% of the cities in the country, in a 100% free manner.
The visit was attended by several authorities, including the president of the Legislative Assembly of Pará (Alepa) Francisco Melo "Chicão", state deputies Torrinho Torres and Thiago Araújo, federal deputy Henderson Pinto, and the mayors of Dom Eliseu, Silon Gama, and Paragominas, Sidney Rosa. The deputy secretary of Public Health of Pará, Sipriano Ferraz, also accompanied the visit.
